Chapter 167: Love is Love, Without Any Reason

“You come from a good family background. It should be easy for you to find a girl as excellent as yourself, right? Why choose me? And why like me? Liking me doesn’t help you at all—in fact, it’s even a downgrade. Why love me?”

Back when they were young and together for those two months, Xu Qingzhou already knew that Xie An’s family was wealthy.

This made her feel even more guilty, especially after learning that Xie An was an only child.

She always felt like she had led the obedient girl in front of her astray.

“You’re right. With my family background, I could find plenty of girls from families as powerful as mine, girls who could help me. But I just like you. I love you. There’s no reason for it. My heart is actually quite small—it can only hold one person.”

“And, Xu Qingzhou, you’re my first love.”

First love?

Xu Qingzhou really hadn’t known that.

At the time, Xie An was twenty-one and in her senior year.

Xu Qingzhou hadn’t loved her as deeply as she did now.

So she hadn’t paid attention to these things at all.

Dating in college was completely normal back then. She hadn’t dated because she was always busy making money—where would she have found the time? If she hadn’t needed to get a tooth pulled and found it too expensive without medical insurance, something she couldn’t afford, she never would have gone to the dental school to randomly target some rich sucker.

She had originally planned to hook a big sucker.

Who knew the sucker would deliver herself right to the door?

Xie An pulled out two tissues and wiped her tears.

When Xu Qingzhou cried, she looked like a little hamster, her body even hiccupping.

It was strangely adorable.

Love and liking someone were things that couldn’t be explained clearly in the first place.

If they could be explained, then it wasn’t love.

She used to scoff at the idea of love at first sight.

Now that she thought about it, she had been terribly wrong.

She had fallen for Xu Qingzhou at first sight.

Call it lust at first sight or a heartbeat—whatever.

The moment she saw Xu Qingzhou, her heart had raced.

And of course, that included now; she still felt that way.

“Drink some water. Does it still hurt?”

Xu Qingzhou took small sips of the warm water.

The toothache eased a bit.

Tangyuan stretched lazily and walked over.

It meowed twice, and Xie An called out.

“Tangyuan, come here.”

Tangyuan jumped straight into her arms.

Xu Qingzhou suddenly remembered something and looked suspiciously at the person and cat in front of her.

“The begging pose that Tangyuan learned—was that you who taught it?”

“Mm, pretty much.”

“Tangyuan, show Mommy a performance, okay?”

“Meow meow.”

Tangyuan instantly pressed its pink front paws together, making a pleading gesture.

So after all this time, was she the only one in this house whose IQ was getting crushed?

Xu Qingzhou: …

No wonder she could never refuse the little cat’s cuteness.

Xie An really understood her completely, even knowing exactly what would make her soft-hearted.

With an ex-girlfriend like this, how could she possibly hold herself back?

Xie An didn’t even need to dig traps—she would jump right in.

And she’d even wash herself clean first.

“Good girl. Here’s a fish snack for you.”

Xie An took out a fish snack to bribe Tangyuan.

Xie An was truly scheming, now even using the little cat.

“I knew you were doing it on purpose.”

“Mm, I was. I wanted to get my little boat back—how could I do it without some tricks?”

Xie An spread her hands, promising she wouldn’t deceive her anymore.

The one choice she had made in her life might just be dating the girl she liked.

Luckily, her little boat still had feelings for her.

Xu Qingzhou smiled, but her tooth still hurt a little.

“Still uncomfortable?”

“A bit. I want Dr. Xie’s bedtime coaxing service.”

Xie An walked over and pulled her into her arms.

She leaned in indulgently and kissed her cheek.

“As you wish, my darling.”

…

“Qiuli, are you feeling any better now? Drink some brown sugar water first—it might help.”

Song Wanqing was a little anxious. She and Yu Qiuli were basically starting to live together.

They didn’t return to the dormitory often.

Their families had prepared apartments for them.

These were their little homes, and when they had free time, they’d stay at each other’s places for a while.

After a year and a half together, they knew each other’s personalities well.

They complemented each other perfectly.

“Kiss me, and it’ll be fine if you kiss me.”

Yu Qiuli deliberately teased her girlfriend.

Song Wanqing was still a bit dazed.

She hadn’t heard that kissing could relieve pain.

But since her girlfriend said so, it must be true.

But… where should she kiss?

Yu Qiuli looked at the somewhat stunned girl in front of her and smiled.

She directly cupped the back of her head and kissed her.

Song Wanqing nearly bumped into Yu Qiuli, feeling a bit at a loss.

Though they had long since tasted each other’s bodies.

Song Wanqing was still a little shy.

“Silly, don’t you know to take the initiative and kiss me? You can kiss anywhere.”

Yu Qiuli loved this silly side of her.

She felt like she could be tricked away by anyone at any time.

Good thing she had tricked her first.

“Oh, I haven’t kissed enough yet. I want more…”

“Want what? More kisses… or something else? Or is just kissing enough?”

Sometimes Yu Qiuli thought to herself.

She was probably better suited to be a matchmaker. She had paired up Lin Ruocheng and Fu Yanxi.

They were doing pretty well now.

What could she say? The clever one got outsmarted.

She had known from the start that Lin Ruocheng probably knew she was dating Song Wanqing.

But she didn’t know what kind of person she was.

To give them a chance to meet, she searched online for what human-AI romance should look like. As long as they got to know each other, dating could come later—best if they did, but at least they’d know each other if not.

Mainly, she had seen Fu Yanxi suffering too much. Her best friend had been paying attention to a girl named Lin Ruocheng since high school. From what she knew, she had a whole box of diary notebooks, probably filled with crush entries.

It was even worse than a monk’s ascetic life.

Every day, she could only look at her photos to soothe her longing.

And the other girl didn’t even know her.

To get them to know each other, she had even seduced Song Wanqing.

“Qiuli, your body isn’t better yet. I can’t…”

Song Wanqing had successfully topped before.

Of course, only because Yu Qiuli had handed her the reins.

That was how she succeeded.

Now, she and Yu Qiuli were switches; they didn’t distinguish top or bottom.

Truly loving someone meant no fixed roles.

“I’m not better… but you can.”

Yu Qiuli licked her lips, loving the sight of her silly girlfriend being teased by her.